Tobacco box or caddy.



PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

A. J. FEILD. TOBACCO BOX OR CADDY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1905,

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UNITED STATEL B PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER J. FEILD, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANBOX AND VENEER COMPANY, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, A CORPORATION OFNORTH CAROLINA.

TOBACCO BOX OR CADDY.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

Application filed July 29.1905. Serial No. 271.795.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. Fnnpn, of Raleigh, in the county ofVfake and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tobacco Boxes or Caddies; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

In Letters Patent of the United States No. 73et,839, issued to me July28, 1903, I showed and described improved means for enabling access tobe had to a box or caddy containing tobacco or other articles withoutdanger of injuring that portion of the box which serves as a cover orprotection for the contents while being disposed of, as in retailestablishments. According to the means shown in that patent a removablehead of size equal to the internal diameter of the box was held in placeby a thin board fitted in opposite grooves of two of the sides of thebox.

The object of my present invention is to enhance the strength of thebox, and at the same time enable it to be more readily and easilyopened.

A further object is to enable me to dispense with the main head or endcover, if desired.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective, withparts broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2,' Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a similar view on line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aface view of twopanels. Fig. 5 shows a slight modification.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a box designed to contain plugtobacco or other articles which are packed under pressure or which areof considerable weight. This box may be of any desired shape, and on theinner face of its opposite walls 2, near one end, are formed grooves 3to receive and hold two of the reverse edges of a thin panel 4, theother two edges of the panel being unseated but contacting with orfitting closely against the inner faces of walls 5. These opposite walls5 are formed with grooves 6 wherein fit two of the reverse edges of asecond thin panel 7 whose remaining edges are also unseated butcontacting with or fitting closely against the inner faces of walls 2.The grooves 6 are formed in such relation to the grooves 3 that theirforward edges are about or nearly on the same plane as the rearwardedges of said grooves 3 with the result that the contiguous faces of thetwo panels abut. These panels are so placed that the grain of the woodof each is at right angles to that of the'other. It will be noted thateach panel completely covers the cross sectional area inclosed by thewalls of the box and that each is secured only at two of its reverseedges, its remaining edges being free, and that the secured edges ofeach panel are adjacent the free edges of the other panel.

In the drawings I have shown the ordinary main head or end cover 8 asbeing lo cated next to the inner panel, such head being of size equal tothe internal cross sectional area or diameter of the box. But this headmay be dispensed with if the panels are madesu'l'liciently thick toaccord the box the necessary strength, or by increasing the nu mber ofpanels, l and 7 (see Fig. 5) in which latter event the adjacent panelswill be arranged as above stated in reference to the grain of each beingat right angles to its neighbor or neighbors. Ordinarily the panels areof very thin material so as to make it possible to spring them into thegrooves after the sides of the box are put together. It will be notedthat each panel serves as a support for the other, and being of thinmaterial and only secured at its reverse ends may be readily removed bybeing cut across the center. In this way the distributing end of the boxmay be readily and easily opened without danger of injuring the boxitself.

In practice, the end of the box provided with the series of panelsconstitutes the bottom when the box is being packed, the contents beingpassed through the other end which is closed in any suitable mannerafter the box has been filled. By cutting each of the panels at itscenter it may be readily withdrawn, and then the head 8, if used, may beremoved. Although the panels are made of thin material the strength ofthe box is not impaired. \Vhile I prefer to use two panels inconjunction with the ordinary end head, yet my invention is notrestricted to any number thereof, nor to the combination therewith ofthe end head.

I claim as my invention:

1. A packing box having grooves in the inner faces of its several walls,the grooves of opposite Walls being on the same plane but out ofalinement With the grooves of the adjaoent Walls, and a plurality ofpanels each covering the cross sectional area inclosed by the Walls ofthe boX and having tWo of its reverse ends fitted in opposite groovesits remaining ends being in contact With the inner faces of the Walls toWhich they are ad- I j acent.

2. A packing boX having grooves in the inner faces of its several Walls,the grooves of opposite Walls being on the same plane but out ofalinement With the grooves of the ad jacent Walls, and a plurality ofpanels each covering the cross sectional area inclosed by the Walls ofthe box and having tWo of its reverse ends fitted in opposite grooves,its remaining ends being in contact with the inner faces of the Walls toWhich they are adjacent the opposed faces of said panels abuttingagainst each other.

3. The combination with a boX having grooves on the inner faces of eachof its Walls, the grooves of opposite Walls being on correspondingplanes but out of alinernent With the grooves of the adjacent Walls, ofa t series of panels each covering the cross sectional area inclosed bythe Walls of the box and designed to fit at its ends in oppositegrooves, its remaining ends being in contact with the inner faces of theWalls to Which they are adjacent and an end head of size equal to theinternal cross sectional area of the box bearing against the innermostpanel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

ALEXANDER J. FEILD.

Witnesses:

F. T. WARD, JOHN WARD.

